A provincial resolution protesting China's unilateral fishing ban imposed in the South China Sea has earned praise from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). West Philippine Sea (FILE PHOTO FROM AFP) Through a series of tweets on Saturday, Oct. 16, the agency commended the effort of the...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo Diplomatic ties between the Philippines and China formally started in 1975, but the partnership between the two countries dates several centuries back with trade and cultural exchanges flourishing between their peoples. Since the ancient times, Chinese citizens have...
Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles on Thursday, Oct. 4 urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to go all out in helping farmers who have to absorb the double whammy of twin floods - typhoon Maring and unabated smuggling of vegetables from China. Flooding Nograles said local farmers are in dire...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said that China’s heightened crackdown on online gambling is the one forcing Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGO) to close shop, and not the government’s new tax measures. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said the exodus of Chinese-run online...
Ninety-one distressed overseas Filipinos in Bahrain were recently repatriated to the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday, Oct. 11. HOME AT LAST--Ninety-one overseas Filipinos in Bahrain were recently repatriated to the Philippines on Oct. 6, 2021. The repatriates...
The energy crisis distressing major economies of the world has prompted the Department of Energy (DOE) to reassess its impact in the country primarily on highly probable ‘price shocks’ this may cause on the ‘energy transition to a low-carbon future’ that the government has been pushing for....
Actual construction of the P12-billion Kaliwa Dam, pegged by the Duterte administration as its top solution to Metro Manila's water woes, may have to wait until next year because of delays in meeting some conditions, including consent from the affected indigenous peoples, according to the new...
TAIYUAN, China-- Authorities in north China's Shanxi Province have earmarked 50 million yuan (about 7.8 million U.S. dollars) to support the flood control and relief work after heavy rains lashed the coal-rich province. The fund will be used for emergency relocation and resettlement of...
China's President Xi Jinping said Saturday "peaceful reunification" with Taiwan "will be and can be realised", days after Chinese warplanes made record incursions into the air defence zone of the democratically ruled island. Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the commemoration of the 110th...
The Philippines and China are one in seeking to strengthen the more than four decades of bilateral ties between the two countries. DOST-PCAARRD Executive Director Reynaldo Ebora and Deputy Executive Director for Research and Development Feliciano Calora, Jr. during the Virtual Memorandum of...
The Philippines targets to become the top exporter of coconut products to China, next to other ASEAN countries like Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia. The 2020 China Coconut Oil Import Source Countries Statistics as reported by the Embassy of the Philippines in Beijing, the Philippines...
BEIJING, China -- China's top state-owned energy companies have been ordered to ensure there are adequate fuel supplies for the approaching winter at all costs, a report said Friday, as the country battles a power crisis that threatens to hit growth in the world's number two economy. An energy...
